Birds of the World: Recommended English Names

Birds of the World: Recommended English Names

Author	Frank Gill and Minturn Wright
Language	English
Subject	Birds
Publisher	Christopher Helm / Princeton University Press
Publication date	2006
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	ix + 259
ISBN	978-0-7136-7904-5
OCLC	69484497

Birds of the World: Recommended English Names is a paperback book written by Frank Gill and Minturn Wright on behalf of the International Ornithologists' Union. The book is an attempt to produce a standardized set of English names for all bird species and is the product of a project set in motion at the 1990 International Ornithological Congress. It is supplemented by a website, the IOC World Bird List, giving updates to the published material.

An 11-page introduction deals with a number of issues which relate to the naming of birds. This is followed by a systematic list, from pages 12 to 211, and a 46-page index. The family sequence is that of the third edition of the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. The book's cover is illustrated with a photo of a helmet vanga, a bird endemic to Madagascar.^{[1]: back cover}